Taranaki Surf

Detailed Taranaki surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Taranaki. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Taranaki. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Taranaki over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Taranaki and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Taranaki Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Taranaki Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Taranaki coastline are also listed below.

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	Fri		Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	2	3	4	3	3	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 W	2.4 W	2.5 SW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s)	14	13	18	16	14	13	13	8	16	15	13	13	13	12	21	7	7	17	12	16	15	14
Energy	254	353	622	675	1022	437	599	672	1583	1516	1186	705	774	392	502	658	1034	1106	1438	1449	1739	1463
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	on	cross	cross	off	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	3:31PM 2.47		4:22AM 2.92	4:56PM 2.78		5:28AM 2.64		6:05PM 2.49	6:32AM 2.71		7:05PM 2.64	7:15AM 2.72		7:54PM 3.04	8:07AM 2.88		8:36PM 3.17	9:05AM 2.35		9:00PM 2.89	9:21AM 2.97
Low Tide / height (m)		9:50PM 0.74	10:40AM 1.02		11:09PM 1.05	11:51AM 0.67		12:10AM 0.67		12:40PM 0.53	1:09AM 0.59		1:42PM 0.65	2:04AM 0.66		2:48PM 0.32	2:45AM 0.56	3:03AM 0.36	2:57PM 0.35		3:17AM 0.37	3:33PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	11	15	15	15	16	16	14	15	16	15	15	17	15	16	16	16	17	17	14	16	16
Low °C	13	11	13	12	13	15	15	12	14	15	14	14	15	14	16	15	14	14	15	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	13	10	15	15	15	15	16	12	14	15	14	15	17	14	15	14	14	17	17	14	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:32
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	16	14	7	13	8	16	15	13	13	13	12	12	20	18	8	12	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	1.3 SW	-	0.1 N	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 W	0.2 S	0.1 N	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 SW	-	-
Period (s)	12	20	18	13	6	13	7	12	7	-	13	7	7	6	21	15	11	13	17	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	2.4 W	2.5 SW	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	7	7	7	-	-	-

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	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Desperation Point Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	1	0	1	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 W	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 SW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	13	13	18	18	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	7	13	12	8	8	17	17
Energy	432	388	237	235	226	510	622	438	1016	1029	1141	857	619	532	724	117	482	108	1058	1002	1309	1442
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		3:31PM 2.47				4:11AM 2.63				4:45PM 2.37				5:34AM 2.94
Low Tide / height (m)				9:52PM 1.06				10:38AM 0.71				10:55PM 0.72									12:13AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	12	11	11	11	11	13	13	15	12	13	11	14	14	15	17	16	15	14	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	13	11	10	11	11	11	13	13	14	12	12	11	14	14	15	16	14	14	13	13	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 W	1.0 WSW	0.6 W	2.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.0 SW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	7	13	7	8	12	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.4 SW	0.2 W	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	8	6	21	21	20	18	18	13	13	-	-	-	7	21	21	13	20	12	12	12	12	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW	-	-	1.0 WSW	1.4 SW	0.8 NW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WNW	-	1.9 SW	-	0.6 S
Period (s)	8	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	7	7	4	7	5	-	8	-	4

	Friday 24	Saturday 25
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Desperation Point Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	1	0	1	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period(s)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	18	18	13	18	18
Energy	356	426	254	274	233	473	467	238	423	352	426	321	231	269	427	40	268	58	366	393	622	482
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)				3:44PM 2.81													4:22AM 2.92
Low Tide / height (m)										9:41PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	11	10	11	9	11	11	11	9	11	8	12	8	13	14
Chill °C (?)	14	14	13	13	13	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	11	11	11	8	11	7	11	8	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 S	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	8	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.1 S	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.4 WSW	0.3 S	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	15	8	12	12	13	8	8	21	21	-	20	21	20	20	20	8	19	13	5	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	3	-	3	3	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-